Prize dispensing target game device



April 22, 1952 Filed Aug. 26, 1946 S. P. HITCHINGS PRIZE DISPENSING TARGET GAME DEVICE 3 Sheets-Sheet l 5W @30141 ML ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Apr. 22, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 15 Claims.

The present invention relates to a game device. More particularly, it relates to a game device of that type in which small objects are aimed and propelled against a target.

It is an object of this invention to provide a game device of the foregoing kind wherein the target consists of a simulation of a ship, with several different minor targets, and one major target, which, when hit, causes the ship to drop down as if sunk.

it is a further object of this invention toprovide a game device as aforesaid which suggests the operation of a bombing airplane sinking a ship.

A further object of the invention is to provide a plurality of holds in the ship, any one of which is adapted to receive the projectiles and to hold them until the ship is sunk, together with means for causing selected ones of said hatches to be opened automatically when the ship is sunk. A further object is to provide a return chute mechanism for the return of the projectiles from the selected hatch or hatches. It isa further object of this invention to provide means for opening all of the hatches when desired. As will be understood, it is a further object to provide the foregoing functions in a game apparatus not specifically in the form of a ship and an airplane.

Other objects will appear as the description follows:

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the game device;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken from the right side of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken from the right end of the device, along the line 3--3 of Figs. 1 and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary medial vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figs. 1 and 5;

Fig. 5 is a broken horizontal section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the stack tube;

Fig. '7 is a side-to-side fragmentary vertical section taken on the line '1 -'I of Fig. 5, with the ship in its elevated poition;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. '7, with the ship in its sunk position;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the hatch gates; l

Fig. l0 is a fragmentary view of a portion of the selector mechanism; and

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on the line I I-l-I I of Fig. '7.

casing so that it may be supported in the floor. This casing is shown as comprising an upper box-like section, having a bottom wall I0 supported by four legs I I. There is a relatively low front wall I2, a composite back wall, generally indicated at I3, and end walls I4 and I5. The top wall includes a back horizontal panel I6 extending between the end walls and attached to the upper section of the back wall. In addition, there is a sloping top wall section comprising a lower forward panel I I which may be of wood or like opaque material. Above this, there is a lower glass panel I8 extending to a low ledge I9 between it and the upper edge of the panel I1. Spaced slightly above and overlapping the glass panel I8, there' is a second glass panel 20 that extends upwardly to the top panel I6. The two panels I8 and 20 provide an inlet slot 2I that preferably may be in the order of a quarter of an inch deep from the panel 2li to the panel I8. A plurality of pins 22 are disposed between the two glass panels, to add strength and to restrict eiTorts to operate the machine falsely by bent wires and the like.

As noted, the back panel I3 is made up of several pieces. There is an upper section 23 that is permanently attached to the adjacent wall panels. There is a two-piece lower section comprising a Xible panel 24 that has pins 25 on its upper edge, by means of which it may be engaged with the panel 23, andvby means of suitable screws held xedly in place. There is a lower back wall panel 26 that is hinged at 21 to the upper panel 24. This lower panel 26 is provided with a conventional latch 28 that may receive a key, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. It will be seen that, when the latch 28 is released, the lower panel 26 may be hinged outwardly to provide access to the interior of the bottom of the game device. When it is desired to have access to other parts of the game device, the section 24 may be conveniently removed, as is obvious.

The operating mechanism generally includes a ship that is supported releasably in an upper position, but which may fall to a lower position under certain conditions of play. The supporting means for this part of the mechanism includes a forward support 32 in the form of a beam or like piece of material supported between the two side panels I4 and I5. Back of this,

' there is a somewhat wider beam 33 likewise supported. Back of the beam 33, there is a vertical The middle support 33 has mounted thereon an outer tube 36 that may be supported by pins 31 in the manner shown in Fig. 6. At its bottom, the outer tube supports a relatively short intermediate tube 38 that, as will appear, furnishes a lower stop for an upper intermediate tube 39. This tube 39 constitutes a stack tube of a ship.

The tube 39 is freely slidable vertically in the outer tube 36 from an upper position to a lower position, whereon it rests upon the intermediate bottom tube section 38.

The intermediate tube contains a fixed inner tube 40 which is supported at its bottom on the beam support 33. The upper end of the inner tube 40 has xed thereon an insulating block` 4| At the top of this block 4|, there is a contact 42. This contact is spaced from the upper intermediate tube 39 by the block 4|. It is of metal so that it may conduct electricity, and is connected by a wire that leads down through the `support 33 and is insulated from all parts except the contact element 42. It will be noted that the contact element 42 is sloping in a particular direction. v

The stack tube 39 has a ship-like shell 45 xedly mounted on it. This shell may conveniently be made of electrically conducting metal. It is adapted to move vertically with the movement of the stack tube 39, which latter projects up at the middle portion of the shell. The upper surface of the shell is sloping, as shown, for example, in Fig. 4, so that articles that fall onto the upper deck surface will slide off of it. There are, however, four hatches 41, 48, 49 and 50 that are arranged in a cluster about the stack tube 39, and which constitute openings in the deck surface of the shell 45.

Each hatch opening is enclosed by a hatch gate, such as shown in Fig. 9. There are, therefore, hatch gates 52,v 53, 54 and 55, respectively, in the several hatch openings.

As shown in Figs. '7 and 9, each hatch gate has a pivot 51 that is pivotally mounted to the shell 45 adjacent one edge of its respective hatch opening. It includes an actual gate portion 59 of a shape to close its hatch opening. It is formed with a depending arm 60 that has a counterweighted ledge 6| that extends horizontally from its lower end. For convenience, these several counterweighted ends will be separately designated as 62, 63, 64 and 65 for the respective hatches. It may be seen that the counterweighted ends of the hatch gate members cause them Vto pivot to position to close their respective hatch openings.

Below each hatch opening, there is a short chute element. These chutes are respectively designated as 61, 68, 69 and 10. It will be seen from the dotted lines of Fig. 3 that the rear chute elements extend forwardly where they all may deposit into two branch chutes 12 and 13 that join in a main chute 14 that passes down through the bottom panel l to a withdrawal trough 15 having a gate 16 that may be opened by pressure applied thereto.

The ship 45 is adapted to be maintained in an upper position but to descend to a, lower position.

In this descent, it opens a selected one of the hatch elements, as will be hereafter described.

The means for holding the ship in its upper position consists of a latch. As shown in Figs. 4 and 6, there is a supporting link 80 pivoted at 8| to the outer tube 36, and having a toe end engageable under the stack tube VV39, as shown in Fig. 6. This link 80 may pivot'clockwise to release the stack tube, whereupon the weight of the ship structure causes the same to descend.

In order to maintain the link in the position shown in Figs. 4 and 6, with the ship upwardly, there is a magnetic armature latch 82 pivoted at 83 to the support 32, and normally held in a clockwise direction by a coil spring 84. Suitable means, such as the depending portion 85, limits the clockwise pivoting of the arm 02, as appears in Fig. 4.

The latch 82 is adapted to be drawn to released position by an electromagnetic coil 86 that is supported on the cross member 32. When the coil is energized, it will draw the latch 82 over to a position wherein it will release the link 80 and permit the latter to pivot clockwise, so that the ship may descend. When the coil is deenergized, the latch 82 again swings out to the position shown in Fig. 4. When thereafter the ship is again elevated, the link 80 moves counterclockwise. It is provided with a sloping end that may displace the end of the latch 82 so that the two may assume their latched position again. If desired, a light coil spring 88 may aid in this action.

The energization of the coil 86 is derived from power lines 90 that run through a switch 9| that may be manually controlled. The coil B6 is connected in series with a switch 92 that is closed when the ship is in its upper position. This 'switch 92 includes a contact 93 that is fixed to one end of the ship. It includes also a contact 94 that is supported on the side wall |5`and is connected to the manual switch 9|. By this means, the circuit may be completed when the ship is in its .upper position, but is broken as soon as the ship descends.

The circuit to the coil 86 and the switches 9| and 92 likewise includes, in series, the switch formed by the contact element 42 and the shell itself. When a conducting object lands in the stack tube 39 and descends upon the contact 42, it will close the gap between this contact and the stack tube 39. This will establish a circuit that runs from one power line through the coil 86 to the contact 42, thence to the stack tube 39 in the shell, yto the movable contact 93 of the switch 92, thence to the xed contact 94, back to the switch 9|, and ultimately to the power line. Thus, when the several switches are closed as indicated, the magnetic coil 86 will be energized, the latch will release, and the ship will fall, automatically opening the circuit as it does so.

The contact 42 is sloped toward one of the hatch openings. Hence, the object that has closed the circuit will slide off of it when the ship descends to the position of Fig. 8, and drop into the particular hatch opening predesignated.

As already predicted, the descent of the ship is used as a means for the opening of a selected one of the hatches. When the ship descends, all of the hatches may remain closed unless there is something to force them open. The counterweights are sufficient to hold the hatches closed. even though they contain a load of articles, as will appear.

In order to cause a, selected one of the hatches to open upon any descent of the ship, a selector mechanism is provided. This mechanism includes a generally .rectangular framework |00 that is mounted in bearings |0| and |02 on the inside of the fr ont panel I2. A lug element |03 projects outwardly through a slot |04 in the front panel and receives an operating handle, as will appear. The rearcross member |05 of the frame |00 is supported in bearings |06 and |01 that per- 5 mit sliding movementl of this framework coaxially with the back rod |05.

Projecting backwardly from the rod |05, and also upwardly therefrom, are a plurality of stop elements for the several hatch gates. At the left, there is a forward stop element |08 and a rearward one |09. At the right, there is a forward stop element H0, and a rearward one It will be seen that the two forward arms |03 and ||0 project upwardly in a line with the two forward counterweight ledges 62 and 64; whereas the two rearward stop elements |09 and are in line with the two rearward hatch counter- Weight ledges 63 and 65. Also, it will appear from the several drawings that these various stop elements are disposed along the back rod in a particular manner.

Referring to Figs. '7 and 11, it will be seen that the frame |00 has been moved to a position to dispose the front stop element ||0 below the right front hatch ledge 64. Hence, should the ship descend, this stop member ||0 will be in position to be engaged by the ledge 64 and prevent the descent of that part of the hatch gate. Consequently, the full descent of the Ship will cause this hatch gate to be tilted so that the articles on the gate element 59 thereof slide oi into the proper chute section, which in this case would be the forward right chute element 69.

If the frame |00 be moved a further notch to the right in the drawings, this will dispose the rear stop below the ledge 65 of the right rear hatch element. This hatch element will then be caused to open upon descent of the ship. Such disposition is shown in Fig. 8, wherein the hatch gate 59 of this particular element is shown as in position to empty into its chute element 10.

In similar fashion, the frame |00 may be moved to the left in diiferent amounts, so as to cause the opening of one or the other of the two chute gates 52 and 53. It will be seen that there is a proper position of the frame for each of the hatches to be opened.

In order to return the ship to its upper position, a suitable mechanism is provided. The ship 45 has two horizontal ledges |20 and |2| at its respective ends. These ledges are engageable by arms |22 and |23 that project from a connecting cross plate |24. This arrangement forms a generally U-shaped rigid frame. It is pivoted at its two ends at |25 and |26 to the cross support 34. A light coil spring |21 normally urges this frame in a clockwise direction, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, which is in a direction to elevate the ship. However, this spring is not suiciently strong to perform the latter function.

The plate |24 is provided with a plurality of notches |21, |28, |29 and |30 in its lower edge. This edge of the plate |24 extends downwardly in a position to be engaged by a disc or like element |3| supported upon a rod |32. This rod |32 passes through and is slidably supported in the frame |00. It is shown as passing through the back cross member |05 and is slidably mounted in the lug |03 on the forward part of the frame |00. It passes through the slot |04 and has an operating knob |33 on its outer end. This operating knob furnishes a means for the operation laterally of the entire framework |00. By being pulled, this knob may operate the reset mecha' When it is pulled forward, it will engage the,

plate |24 and rock the two arms I 22v and |23 in upper back panel I3.

a direction to re-elevate the ship, so that the latching mechanism may engage again to hold the ship in its upper position.

When the ship descends, it acts through the arms |22 and |23 to rock this plate |24 counterclockwise in Figs. 3 and 4, bringing its lower end down against the rod |32. The frame |00 will have been previously moved so at to open one particular hatch. There is one of the notches |21| 30 for each of these frame positions. When the ship thus rocks the plate |24 downwardly, the proper one of the notches will engage over the rod |32, so that the frame cannot thereafter be moved for attempted opening of a different one of the hatches.

A separated means is provided for opening all the hatches at once. This comprises a knob |40 that is slidably supported in the front panel I2. It is mounted upon the rod |4I that engages chains |42, |43, |44 and |45 that respectively -lead to each of the several gates 52, 53, 54 and 55. .When the knob |40 is pulled, the chains will tighten and will pull all of the hatch gates open,

'emptying the same.

In order to provide guides, and also to simulate waves, around the ship, baffles are provided. To this end, there is a vertical partition |50 extending across the forward part of the housing. There is an additional horizontal panel |5| projecting backwardly from this vertical partition |50. It has a depending sloping baille |52 that extends across between the side panels. This terminates slightly above a pair of end baies |53 that slope oppositely and are secured to the side walls I4 and I5. At the rear, there is a bale |55 attached between the side panels I4 and I5 and to the Desirably, these various baiiies may be shaped to simulate waves. They also conceal the operating mechanism of the ship, and aid in the prevention of false operation thereof. Below the openings between these baffles, there is a tray |59 that receives projectiles falling through the openings. This tray is removable when the back panel 26 is opened.

Means is provided for projecting articles toward the ship. This is here shown in the form of an airplane-like mechanism |60. This has an Opening |6| in its forward end. The opening has an insert slot |62 and an exit slot |63. By this means, a. projectile, such as a small round disc of conducting material, may be dropped into the slot |62, so that it will rest upon the bottom of the recess |6| and be positioned properly for ejection by the apparatus.

The airplane element is slidably mounted on the panel I1, it being guided by tracks |65 and |56. It has a pin |61 that projects through a slot |68 in the panel I1. rI'his pin, at its inner end, surrounds and slides upon a rod |69 that is mounted at one end in a block |10 mounted on the front panel I2, and, at its other end, in a bracket |1| supported beneath the upper part of the panel I1. A propulsion spring |12 surrounds the rod |69 and acts between the block |10 and the pin |61. A normally unloaded cushion spring |13 may be provided between the pin |61 and the bracket |1I.

Operation The machine will be set up with the ship in its elevated latched position. A projectile is inserted through the inlet slot |62 of the airplane |60. The airplane |60 is drawn back, compressing the spring |12. After any desired degree of compression of this spring, the airplane is released and is projected upwardly on the panel until it strikes the cushioning spring |13. Thereupon, the projectile is forced outwardly through the outlet slot |63 at an elevation above the top edge of the ledge member |9. The projectile passes over the top of the panel I8 and through the inlet opening 2|. If it is not ejected with sufcient force to pass beyond the upper edge of the ledge I9, it will slide back to that ledge, wherefrom it can be recovered.

The object of the game is to cause the projectile to go into the stack tube 39. Any projectiles that do not fall into the stack tube will descend onto the various hatch gates or will strike the baffles, the deck or other parts of the apparatus, from which they slide into the tray |59, and are out of play. The projectiles that land on the several hatch gates will be retained there. The counterweights for the hatch gates have suilicient leverage to hold the gates closed, despite the piling up of projectiles thereon.

When a projectile does enter the stack tube 39, it will descend therein until it rests upon the contact member 42. This member slopes, so that the projectile will likewise engage the stack tube 39, completing the circuit to the magnet 86. When this magnet is energized, the latch 82 is drawn to release the link 89, whereupon the ship falls by gravity.

Prior to the firing of the projectiles, one of the hatches will be selected by the player to be opened whenever a projectile is shot into the stack tube. This selection is made by moving the knob |33 to one of the four positions indicated in Fig. l, whereby one of the four stop arms ||l8||l is located under its particular'hatch gate counterweight ledge.

Subsequently, when the ship descends, vthe chosen hatch is opened by the engagement of the counterweight ledge of this hatch with the selected stop arm, as indicated by comparing Figs. 7 and 8. When it opens, the projectiles that previously have collected thereon fall into its chute element and finally pass into the main chute 14 and into the recovery trough 15 wherethey may be removed by the insertion of the fingers to open the gate 76.

The descent of the ship exposes the upper end of the Contact 42 so that the projectile thereon slides off and descends into one of the hatch openings. The one here shown is the hatch opening 41.

When the ship descends, the circuit to the co-il 8B is broken by opening of the switch 92. Thereupon, the arm 82 is released to its re-latching position. The knob |33 may then be pulled outwardly, so that the disc |3| engages the depending plate |24 and rocks the two arms |22 and |23 clockwise, as shown in the several drawings. This rocking movement causes them to lift the ship by engagement with the twoledges |20 and |2| at the ends of the ship. When the ship is returned to its upper position, the link 80 swings counterclockwise in Figs. 3 and 4, and is caused to engage again under the end of the latch 82. This action is facilitated by the shaping of the members 80 and 82 at their engaging ends in the manner shown. Thereupon, the ship will be ready for further operation.

Thereupon, the player may further play for the projectiles co-ntained in one of the other hatches, as he desires.

The projectiles that does not remain on the ship, but descend into the tray |59, may be removed as desired by o peningthe panel 26. Frequently, the projectiles in this tray |59 will constitute the bankers share.

When it is desired to service the parts, the removable part of the back panel may be Withdrawn, giving access to the working parts of the machine.

It will be seen that these Working parts are concealed so that they are not seen by the operator. Also, the machine is designed to prevent improper operation, as by the insertion of wires and the like. The slot 2| is long and narrow enough and contains the pins 22, so that a wire may not be inserted therein, turned and forced down into the stack tube 39 sufficiently far to make contact, or to depress the gates.

Where the play is so arranged in advance, the successful player may open all ofthe hatches. This may be done by drawing the knob |40 forward, which pulls the chains that open all of the hatches at once, dumping their contents into the chute 'I4 and the portion |5.

Variations in the play may be made, as will be apparent. Ordinarily, the successful player receives the reward of the number of projectiles that rest upon the hatch gate that he has chosen to cause to open. At the end of any predetermined period of play, the player having the most projectiles is considered the winner. He may play against the bank, as the bank normally collects those projectiles that are in the tray |59.

What is claimed is:

1. A game apparatus including a movably mounted target device at which projectiles may be directed, means for holding the target device against movement, target means adjacent the target device to receive projectiles, means on the movably mounted target device adjacent the target means to receive and hold projectiles that do not attain the target means, means to release the holding means and eiect movement of the target device when a projectile attains the target means, and means4 responsive to the movement of the target device to effect collection of the projectiles from the receiving means.

2. A game apparatus including a base having a target area, a target device movably mounted on the base, at which projectiles may be directed, means for holding the target device against movement, target means adjacent the target device to receive projectiles, means adjacent the target means to receive and hold projectiles that do not attain the target means, means to release the holding means and eiect movement of the target device when a projectile attains the target means, means responsive to the movement of the target device to eiect collection of the projectiles from the receiving means, and additional means in the target area beyond said receiving means to receive projectiles that do not attain the target means or the receiving means.

3. A game apparatus including a base, a shiplike target movable on the base from a position simulating an operable position to one simulating a disabled position, the target having a target spot thereon and projectile-receiving and holding means adjacent the target spot, operating means operated by engagement of a projectile with the target spot for causing the ship-like target to move from operable to disabled position, and means responsive to the movement of the target to disabled position to release projectiles from the receiving and holding means.

4. A game apparatus including a base, a shiplike target movable on the base from a position simulating an operable position to one simulating a disabled position, the target having a target spot thereon and projectile receiving and holding means adjacent the target spot, operating means operated by engagement of a projectile with the target spot for causing the ship-like target to move from operable to disabled position, and means responsive to the movement of the target to disabled position to release projectiles from the receiving and holding means, the ship, apart from the target spot and the receiving and holding means being shaped to shed projectiles off itself.

5. A game apparatus including a base, a shiplike target movable on the base from a position simulating an operable position to one simulating a disabled position, the target having a target spot thereon and projectile receiving and holding means adjacent the target spot, operating means operated by engagement of a projectile with the target spot for causing the ship-like target to move from operable to disabled position, and means responsive to the movement of the target to disabled position to release projectiles from the receiving and holding means, the target spot being shaped like a funnel of a ship, and the receiving and holding means having a hatch-like shape.

6. A game apparatus including a base, a shiplike target movable on the base from a position simulating an operable position to one simulating a disabled position, the target having a target spot thereon and projectile receiving and holding means adjacent the target spot, operatingV means operated by engagement of a projectile with the target spot for causing the ship-like target to move from operable to disabled position, means responsive to the movement of the target to disabled position to release projectiles from the receiving and holding means, the target spot being shaped like a funnel of a ship, the receiving and holding means comprising a plurality of hatch-like spaces about the target spot, and the releasing means including mechanism to select among the receiving and holding means for the vrelease of only chosen receiving and holding means when the target moves to disabled position.

7. A game apparatus including a container, a movably mounted target device in the container toward which projectiles may be directed, target means on the device, a pluralityT of means about the target means to receive and releasably hold projectiles that do not attain the target means,

a selector mechanism selectively movable for" preselecting any receiving means for releasing the projectiles thereon, means causing the target device to move when a projectile attains the target means, the selector mechanism and receiving means having parts contacting by such movement of the device to cause the selected receiving means to release its projectiles.

8. A game device including a container, a movably mounted target device in the container toward which projectiles may be directed, target means on the device, a plurality of means about the target means to receive and releasably hold projectiles that do not attain the target means, a selector mechanism selectively movable for preselcting any receiving means for releasing the projectiles thereon, means causing the target device to move when a projectile attains the target means, the selector mechanism and receiving means having parts contacting by such movement of the device to cause the selected receiving means to release its projectiles, means 10 to replace the target device to starting position, and means to return the selector mechanism from its preselecting position when the target device is replaced.

9. A game device including a container, a movably mounted target device in the container toward which projectiles may be directed, target means on the device, a plurality of means about the target means to receive and releasably hold projectiles that do not attain the target means,A

a selector mechanism selectively movablel for preselecting any receiving means for releasing the projectiles thereon, means causing the target device to move when a projectile attains the target means, the selector mechanism and receiving means having parts contacting by such movement of the device to cause the selected receiving means to release its projectiles, and means to prevent the selector means from being changed during movement of the target device to cause a different receiving means to release its projectiles.

10. A game device including a container. a movably mounted target device in the container toward which projectiles may be directed, target means on the device, a plurality of means about the target means to receive and releasably hold projectiles that do not attain the target means, a selector mechanism selectively movable for preselecting any receiving means for releasing the projectiles thereon, -means causing the target device to move when a projectile attains the target means, the selector mechanism and receiving means having parts contacting by such movement of the device to cause the selected receiving means to release its projectiles, and means to cause removal of the projectile from the target means When the target device moves as aforesaid.

1l. A game device including a container, a movably mounted target device in the container toward which projectiles maybe directed, target means on the device, a plurality of means about the tar-get means to receive and releasably hold projectiles that do not attain the target means, a selector mechanism selectively movable for preselecting any receiving means for releasing the projectiles thereon, and means causing the target device to move when a projectile attains the target means, the selector mechanism and receiving means having parts contacting by Such movement of the device to cause the selected receiving means to release its projectiles, said selector mechanism including a single operating handle movable to one position for each preselection.

12. A game device including a basey a target device, support means to support; the target device on the base for vertical movement, releasable latch means for holding the target device in an upper position, collecting means to receive and hold projectiles, said collecting means being movably supported on the target device for movement to projectile-releasing position, an extension on the collecting means engageable to effect such movement, and an element on the base engageable with the extension to effect releasing operation when the target device descends, and means for releasing the latch means to eiect descent of the target device.

13. A game apparatus including a target device having target means to receive projectiles, a plurality of receiving means adjacent the Vtarget means, and mechanism to cause removal of projectiles from selected receiving means when a projectile attains the target means comprising presettable means movable to select which removal means is operative, and means operated by engagement of a projectile with the target means to operate the removal means thus rendered operative.

14. A game device including a plurality of releasably mounted receiving means located in a group for collecting and holding projectiles,

means to preselect a particular receiving meansr for release, a single projectile-operated target means, and means responsive to the operation of said target means for causing any preselected receiving means to release its projectiles.

15. A game device including a plurality of releasably mounted receiving means located in a group for collecting and holding projectiles, means to preselect a particular receiving means for release. means for releasing the selected receiving means, ancla single projectile-operatedV target means for causing any preselected re- SIDNEY P. HITCHINGS.

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